Should I go to the ER for pain relief due to Fibromyalgia?
I am newly diagnosed with Fibromyalgia after months of unreolsving pain and fatigue. My primary care physician prescribed Celebrex for pain 2 weeks ago. It has not helped at all. Currently my Primary care physician is closed. I called my rheumatologist who told me to begin taking the Cymbalta he gave me, and to expect relief in 3-6 weeks. I cannot sleep and am having trouble walking and dressing due to pain, I simply cannot wait 3-6 weeks. The rheumatologist told me he could do nothing else. I am not finding relief in Tylenol and cannot take other OTC pain meds due to a stomach condition. I am going out of my mind with pain, stress, distress, worry and lack of sleep. I called my pyschologist and left a message with her. I HAVE to work today till 9 pm. Would the ER be a good idea after work? I am just beside myself, crying at work, and a mess. I don't know what I want them to do, I feel like the doctors are relutant to treat my pain because so many people abuse pain meds. But I've never been prescribed anything aside from when I had surgery.
Any suggestions will be greatfully accepted.
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1. If you can afford it and are open to it Hypnosis and Acupuncture work wonders.2. I have fibromyalgia also and have had for more years than I can count. Many doctors have the opinion still that it is controllable with stress relief or relaxation. I had a doctor that put me on Vicodins and Morphine (which I got addicted to). The last one took me off both and wouldn't give anything to me except Naproxen, which doesn't work. I have been to the ER for pain relief and gotten Vicodins, they work, but I used them very sparingly because they caused very bad constipation. So mostly I have to deal with the pain, which I've seen is worse right before it rains or the weather gets cold. One medication that they do have for it now is Lyrica, which I can't take. But when I did take it, at least the pain was less. Also I was put on Cymbalta, which helped some but then I got put on an anti-depressant called Zoloft and can't take them together. There is a website that might give you suggestions to try.
http://www.fibromyalgia.com
3. I doubt the Er will help--they won't even treat me for unrelated conditions sinc ei have fibro-but if you have time and money-try it-a small percentage of time--teh doc actually cares-
but be prepared to flee if they become abusive.
as soon as possible--ask about lyrica--it works faster and is in teh ani seizure class----there have been some reports of trmadol helping--it is an opiate--but not a 'controlled substance'
you need some new docs--i hav ben trying to fin a competant 1 for 8 years
Celebrex is CONTRAINDICATED for fms-it is an NSAID and tehre is no inflmaation-so it generally does not help at all---
and if you just have cymbalta-that may or may not work-and teh doc says tehre is nothing else--he is an idiot
